Staying body positive is pretty serious work — serious because it takes a lot of effort to keep your head in the right place and serious because there's a lot on the line. But it's important, so we do it and love it (and love ourselves). Still, we don't say no to a little help along the way — especially if that's in the form of super hot, super amazing Instagram guys and gals who scatter body-positive wisdom onto our feeds.
Here are some of our favorite body-positive voices who star on our own our IG feeds. There are many, many more, but if you need a quick reminder that you can and should love yourself no matter what, these accounts are a great place to start.
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Iskra Lawrence
Iskra is an Aerie Real model and the managing editor of Runway Riot, the body positive fashion and beauty site of your dreams. Her IG feed is like, 85 percent photos of her KILLING IT in lingerie bumped up against the kindest, wisest captions about self-love and her struggle to find it.
Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow's Instagram is what got her on America's Next Top Model in the first place, so it would make sense that it continues to be a beautiful source of body positivity. Winnie was bullied for her vitiligo as a kid, but she turned that into the source of her incredible success, and today, she's known (and loved) in the modeling world for it.
Claire Fountain
Professional yogi Claire Fountain maintains an Instagram that is stuffed full of insanely complex yoga poses and words of self-love, and the whole thing is essential medicine for your brain.
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Simone Mariposa
When Simone Mariposa tells you to show skin, you show skin. If she tells you fabulosity is a mindset, you start feeling fabulous. Basically, whatever this girl puts in her Instagram comments, you copy and paste into your own personal body-posi bible.
Kim Kardashian
Y'all. Can you think of any woman who loves herself as much and as publically as Kim Kardashian does? Related: Can you think of anyone who gets literally thousands of hateful comments everytime she posts a photo of herself? Betcha can't. Kim loves herself so much, she inspires us to love ourselves that much, too. It's actually pretty cool.
Joanna Thangiah
Joanna Thangiah is a Sydney, Australia–based artist specializing in totally badass prints and illustrations celebrating our bodies just the way they are. If you're like "OMG I want to wear everything she draws," good news: You can.
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Brittany Pysar
Read that caption. Read every caption Britt Pysar posts, every time. Her love for everyone oozes out of the screen, and it so clearly starts with a deep love for herself that we're inspired by everything she does. Britt keeps it real, and we respect that madly.
Matt Joseph Diaz
Matt Joseph Diaz went viral in 2015 for a video he posted on his blog showing what his body looked like after losing nearly half his body weight. His blog is full of beautiful photos and essays talking about self-love and self-worth and not defining yourself by your weight or your skin or your scars. It's relevant to him as he goes through surgery to tuck away the extra skin on his body, but also relevant to our own lives on the reg.
Anastasia Amour
Anastasia Amour is a body image and self-esteem coach, which is great for us because her Instagram is full of mantras and tips and wisdom and the kind of low-key coaching we need every day. But she loves us (and you) and cares about our well-being, so she lets us have her IG advice for free.
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Loey Lane
Fashion and beauty YouTuber Loey Lane brought her flawless style to Instagram a few years ago, and with it came waterfalls of body positivity and killer outfits. We can't imagine our feeds without Loey in them, and you shouldn't have to, either.
Honor Curves
Honor Curves is very tall (6'2") and very curvy and very much in love with all of that. She preaches love for thighs that touch, skin with imperfections, and above all, honoring our curves.
Stephanie Yeboah
Style and lifestyle blogger-slash-model Stephanie Yeboah literally radiates joy from every photo she posts, and we could not love her more. She's got mad style and isn't afraid to talk about her insecurities (yes! Even these amazing body-posi bloggers have insecurities!) and her realness is what makes her so genuine and inspiring.
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Laverne Cox
… Obviously. Laverne is one of the biggest faces of the trans community right now, and that seat gives her enormous power. And she uses it gracefully and perfectly every time. Her Instagram does nothing but make us love her and make us love ourselves, and that is exactly the kind of thing we need more of on our feeds.